Re: FLASH: what is tracing?

[Byron Canfield]

There is an AutoTrace function (check Help) which may or may not do what you

want. Unless you get the settings just right, you will most probably end up

with a file that is considerably more complex (translates to slower action)

than the original bitmap.


Manually tracing consists of putting your bitmapped image on a layer, locking

it, and on a layer (or multiple layers) above it, use the pencil tool to

manually create the shapes, filling as needed. Often, filling is best left to

last, so you can see what you are doing the whole time.


At 05:43 PM 1/26/99 +0000, you wrote: 

>

> Could someone enlighten me - I've checked the book and the online help

> topics but I can't find any reference to tracing.� Say I wanted to trace

> the outline of an object imported from a 3D package using Flash - what

> tools would I use and what would I do?

>

> Thanks in advance

>

> dave Cheseldine

>

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Byron Canfield, Canfield Studios (http://www.byronc.com)

President, Seattle Coreldraw Artists Network (http://www.corelsea.org)


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